The Orioles and Twins split a doubleheader, the Twins winning the opener, 8-7, in 11 innings, and the Orioles taking the nightcap, 12-5, as Steve Stone received credit for his 13th straight victory. In the first game, the score was 7-7 when John Castino led off the bottom of the 11th with a single and reached third on a one-out single by Butch Wynegar. After Dave Edwards flied out, Pete Mackanin laced a single off third baseman Doug DeCinces' glove to plate the winning tally.

In the second contest, Dan Graham drove in six runs, including a bases-loaded homer in a five-run fourth inning. The Birds' catcher had a two-run single and Eddie Murray contributed a three-run homer in the six-run sixth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 7 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, July      21, 1980 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      2  1  2    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  -   7 15  0
Twins        0  1  3    3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   8 10  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Belanger ss           4   1   2   1     1   0   .199      Powell rf             4   2   1   3     1   0   .246
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Wilfong 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .224
  Garcia ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .339
Dauer 3b,2b           5   1   2   1     1   0   .259        Rivera lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .295      Landreaux dh          5   1   1   2     0   1   .282
  Lowenstein lf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Smalley 1b,ss         5   1   1   1     0   0   .254
Murray dh             5   1   2   2     1   1   .287      Cubbage 3b            0   1   0   0     1   0   .257
Ayala lf              2   0   1   1     0   0   .313        Castino 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .295
  Bumbry cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .324      Sofield lf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Roenicke cf,lf,rf     5   1   1   0     0   0   .255        R. Jackson ph,lf,1b 2   0   0   0     0   1   .232
May 1b                5   1   2   0     0   0   .239      Wynegar c             3   1   1   1     1   1   .258
Dempsey c             4   1   2   0     1   1   .249      Edwards cf            5   1   2   0     0   1   .260
Sakata 2b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .196      Mackanin ss,2b        4   0   2   1     0   1   .291
  Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      D. Jackson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DeCinces 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Verhoeven p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ford p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   7  15   7     5   3             Totals               40   8  10   8     3   7

Time of Game: 3:18
Left on Base: Orioles 11, Twins 5
DP: Orioles 0, Twins 1
Errors: Wynegar
Doubles: Sakata (3), Edwards (6), Mackanin (13)
Home Runs: Murray (15), Landreaux (5), Smalley (10), Powell (2)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (24)
Caught Stealing: Sakata (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roenicke (1), Mackanin (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Wynegar (3)
GIDP: Roenicke (6)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez             3     5   6   6   3   2   2  17   5.94
Ford                    2.2   2   1   1   0   1   1  10   3.93
T. Martinez L(1-3)      5     3   1   1   0   4   0  18   3.27
Totals                 10.2  10   8   8   3   7   3  45

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Jackson              2.1   8   5   5   3   1   0  17   4.03
Verhoeven W(1-2)        8.2   7   2   2   2   2   1  34   3.70
Totals                 11    15   7   7   5   3   1  51

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Mike Reilly


ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger singled to center; Dauer singled [Belanger
to second]; Singleton struck out; Murray singled to center
[Belanger scored, Dauer to third]; Ayala singled to center
[Dauer scored, Murray to second]; Roenicke grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ayala out at
second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to center; Wilfong flied out to
right; Landreaux struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey
singled to left; Sakata doubled [Dempsey scored]; Belanger flied
out to center [Sakata to third]; Dauer walked; Singleton walked
[Dauer to second]; Murray flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley flied out to left; Cubbage walked; Sofield
singled to center [Cubbage to third]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Cubbage scored]; Edwards doubled to left [Sofield
to third]; Mackanin struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
3, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Ayala popped to shortstop; Roenicke singled to
left; May singled to left [Roenicke to second]; Dempsey walked
[Roenicke to third, May to second]; VERHOEVEN REPLACED D.
JACKSON (PITCHING); Sakata singled [Roenicke scored, May to
third, Dempsey to second]; bad hop hits Mike Cubbage in face;
broken nose and cuts; CASTINO REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING 3B);
Belanger walked [May scored, Dempsey to third, Sakata to
second]; Dauer flied out to right; Singleton grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: BUMBRY REPLACED AYALA (PLAYING CF); ROENICKE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Powell walked; Wilfong grounded out
(second to first) [Powell to second]; Landreaux homered [Powell
scored]; Smalley homered; Castino grounded out (third to first);
Sofield flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5,
Twins 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray struck out; Bumbry grounded out (second to
first); Roenicke flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar walked; Edwards singled to left [Wynegar to
second]; FORD REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Mackanin out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wynegar to third, Edwards to
second]; Powell homered [Wynegar scored, Edwards scored];
Wilfong flied out to right; Landreaux flied out to right; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 5TH: May singled to left; Dempsey struck out; Sakata
forced May (pitcher to shortstop); Belanger singled to right
[Sakata to second]; Dauer singled to left [Sakata scored,
Belanger to second]; Singleton flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Twins 7.

TWINS 5TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); ROENICKE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Smalley grounded out (shortstop
to first); Castino lined to shortstop; Sofield was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray homered; Bumbry flied out to left; Roenicke
grounded out (shortstop to first); May popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar lined to second; Edwards grounded out (third
to first); Mackanin doubled; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED FORD
(PITCHING); Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 7, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey singled to left; Sakata forced Dempsey
(second to shortstop); Sakata was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: Wilfong was called out on strikes; Landreaux flied
out to left; Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dauer flied out to right; Lowenstein flied out to
center; Murray popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 7, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: Castino flied out to right; R. JACKSON BATTED FOR
SOFIELD; R. Jackson flied out to right; Wynegar struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: R. JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bumbry
singled to center; Roenicke out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Bumbry to second]; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); Dempsey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 7, Twins 7.

TWINS 9TH: Edwards struck out; Mackanin grounded out (second to
first); Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 10TH: KELLY BATTED FOR SAKATA; Kelly flied out to right;
CROWLEY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Crowley flied out to right; Dauer
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

TWINS 10TH: GARCIA REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING SS); DAUER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); DECINCES REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING 3B);
MORALES BATTED FOR WILFONG; Morales flied out to right;
Landreaux flied out to center; Smalley grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 11TH: RIVERA REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING LF); SMALLEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); R. JACKSON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); MACKANIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Murray walked; Bumbry
forced Murray (first to shortstop); Bumbry stole second [Bumbry
to third (error by Wynegar)]; Roenicke flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 7.

TWINS 11TH: Castino singled to left; R. Jackson struck out;
Wynegar singled to left [Castino to second]; Edwards flied out
to right; Mackanin singled to left [Castino scored, Wynegar to
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 8.